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TALE of a TILTER

This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by mungavin: 08.03.2009 21:15.

Intro

Hi im trying to play poker for some extra cash.
Im a New Zealander, married and living in Finland . Now studying language .
Im starting this blog because i have already blown several starts at bankrolls.Hopefully blogging will keep my tendencies to go crazy and blow all my cash in check....... hopefully.

A quick History. 2007- now

Bankrolls blown......5.....

Numbers...this is hard......$900 $600 $400 $200 $200 all started from less than $50.

I played a bit in 2008 with ps bankroll.

Lately i havnt the cash to invest so been freerolling for a start.

I won $66 in 300 freeroll on Saturday night, march 7th, so im now able to start.

This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by mungavin: 08.03.2009 21:18.

Sunday ...day after i got a bankroll, from winning a 300 freeroll.

I played a few hours today and did really well.

Built my roll up to 100 then went to the gym.

HOWEVER when i returned i played again and leaked off 30.

This was frustrating as i was playing well but had to fold pairs to all in shoves and big reraises.

Im playing 10 /20 cent table. Bigstacked.

As my temperature rose i closed up all tables and opened up a 25/50 table buying in for full 50. OVER 70% OF MY BANKROLL.

Now im in full catch up mode, after 15 mins of small pots i call an´open raise with AKo , K flops, he bets i raise , he goes all in , i call. $110 in pot.
He has flush draw and misses, i bolt and record win for the day.

Bankroll $132

MY STRATEGY AT THIS POINT.

I have played SS and BS.
I know bankroll management and safety numbers.

But dam i cant help myself but start at 10/20 cent tables.
At this point im trying to play for stacks with monsters and big draws.
Small pots with pairs.
Float for cheap.

[ ] BRM. Didnt you learn anythin from losin you br's in the past? I know it can be tedious buildin a br playin micro stakes, but its the only way to without riskin going broke. Just think of it as a learning process n a hobby where you can have fun n make money too, if you're disciplined the profit will show in the longrun. Best of luck to ya.

Originally posted by p0kerQT
[ ] BRM. Didnt you learn anythin from losin you br's in the past? I know it can be tedious buildin a br playin micro stakes, but its the only way to without riskin going broke. Just think of it as a learning process n a hobby where you can have fun n make money too, if you're disciplined the profit will show in the longrun. Best of luck to ya.

Why even bother posting if you know what your doing is wrong and you keep telling yourself its wrong. Obviously no matter what anyone says you are going to keep doing this. You have lost $2300 dollars doing the same thing you are doing right now and you wont stop. If that doesn't tell you something about your gambling addiction nothing will.

Hehe, you were waaaaaaay under-bankrolled already then u tilt and go to an even higher table? Of course it's bad! That's just pure gambling - even worse than regular gambling since you don't know what odds you're really getting hand to hand. With a proper bankroll, you can lose a couple flips and take a couple bad beats all in a row and just take it as an off day - in you're case you will be broke when that eventually happens. At this point, you have no plan to earn a few extra bucks, you have a plan that will just leave you with even less money.

With the $315 you could say at NL20 but you must move down if you fall to $250. That leaves you just over 3 stacks of a buffer to stay at NL20. Maybe that plan is a bit of a compromise.